The Financial Realities of Early Retirement and Poverty

As more people look to retire early before 60, more people are looking for shortcuts in order to get to early retirement quicker. What I've noticed is that more people are willing to live in abject poverty or near poverty just to do so.

I've crunched the numbers in this episode and post to show you how large of an investment portfolio you need to live poorly. The numbers are based off the official Federal Poverty Limit.